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Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#121, July 1957] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, 112pp+, digest) Partial reprint of the May 1957 (US) issue, plus a single story from the August 1950 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · You Bet Your Life [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1957 17 · “I Murdered a Man” · Miriam Allen deFord · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1950 40 · Three Times Loser · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard Sep 15 1954, as “Twm Carney” 45 · Nobody Can Ask That [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week Apr 8 1956, as “Too Early for Murder” 51 · The Mischief-Maker · Arthur Gordon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1957 58 · That’s Just Too Bad · Frederick Nebel · ss Collier’s Nov 30 1940, as “Something to Remember” 72 · So I Can Forget · De Forbes · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1957 81 · Don’t Crowd Your Luck [Joe Puma] · William Campbell Gault · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1957 103 · Symbol of Authority · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1957

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#122, August 1957] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, 112pp+, digest) Partial reprint of the June 1957 (US) issue, plus a single story from the December 1951 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · And Already Lost · Charlotte Armstrong · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1957 16 · Never Kill a Cop · Clifford Knight · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1957 31 · The Bottled Wife · Michael Fessier · ss Esquire Feb 1952, as “The Strange Case of the Bottled Wife” 41 · The Lonely Bride [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Dec 4 1949, as “The Lady Couldn’t Explain” 46 · The Hound of the Wellingtons [James Wickwire] · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss This Week Feb 6 1955, as “Murder by Night” 57 · Never Anything but Trouble · Robert Twohy · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1957 69 · The Tallest Man in the World · Janet Green · nv 1956 94 · First Man at the Funeral [Sheriff] · Dion Henderson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1957 99 · Dig That Crazy Grave! · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1957

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#123, September 1957] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest) Partial reprint of the July 1957 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Miracles Do Happen [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1957 11 · A Matter of Public Notice · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1957 28 · You Can’t Run Away · Ray Chesson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1957 61 · Macagony’s Fist · Gerald Kersh · ss Courier Win 1937/’38, as by P. J. Gahagan 65 · The Man at the Latch · Jacqueline Cutlip · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1957 78 · The Servant Problem [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss The Strand Magazine Apr 1942, as “The Perfect Maid” 90 · The Serafina Caper [Bernie Helper] · Charles Green · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1957 106 · The Doe and the Gantlet · Pat Stadley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1957

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#124, October 1957] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest) Partial reprint of the August 1957 (US) issue, plus a single story from the December 1955 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · An End to Fear · Hugh Pentecost · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1957 24 · To Remember You By · Rufus King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1957 33 · The Black Ledger [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Jan 26 1952, as “The Mysterious Black Ledger” 40 · The French Key · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1957 51 · The Dog That Came to the Funeral · John Collier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1957 61 · Never the Twain · Andrew Salmond · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1957 75 · The Portuguese Instructor · Michael Forrestier · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1957 81 · Gladstone’s Candlestick [Gervase Fen] · Edmund Crispin · ss The Evening Standard Aug 12 1955 86 · What’s the Percentage? · William Holder · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1957 99 · Driving Lesson · F. L. Wallace · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Aug 1957

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#125, November 1957] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest) Partial reprint of the September 1957 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Faith of Aaron Menefee · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1957 16 · Snap Shot [Commander Elfe] · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1957 28 · A Gun Is a Nervous Thing · Charlotte Armstrong · nv The American Magazine Aug 1955, as “Ride with the Executioner” 69 · Not—Tonight—Danger [Mike Shayne] · Brett Halliday (ghost written by Helen McCloy) · ss This Week Nov 28 1954, as “Dead Man’s Code” 79 · The Glass Room [Anthony J. Quinn] · Morton Wolson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1957 87 · The Town Is Waiting · Joseph Whitehill · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1957 103 · Bull in a China Shop · C. B. Gilford · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1957

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#126, December 1957] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest) Partial reprint of the October 1957 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Malice in Wonderland [Chief Bill Duggan] · Rufus King · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1957 19 · The Cat and the Chestnut [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Cosmopolitan Aug 1932, as “The Case of the Distressed Lady” 28 · He Swung and He Missed · Nelson Algren · ss The American Mercury Jul 1942 35 · Pattern for Murder [Mr. & Mrs. (Pam and Jerry) North] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week Nov 6 1955, as “There’s Death for Remembrance” 49 · Lilith, Stay Away from the Door · B. J. R. Stolper · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1957 68 · The High, Warm Place · William O’Farrell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1957 75 · Crime in Rhyme · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1957 85 · A Way with Women · Nicholson Williams · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1957 99 · Walking Alone · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1957

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#127, January 1958] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest) Partial reprint of the November 1957 (US) issue, plus a single story from the September 1957 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Cop on the Prowl · Thomas Walsh · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1957 14 · Once a Thief [Parker Pyne] · Agatha Christie · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Jul 1933, as “The Pearl of Price” 24 · Sock Finish · Robert Bloch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1957 42 · Power of the Moon · Arthur Gordon · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1957 48 · The Wrightsville Heirs [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · nv Better Living Jan 1956 (+1) 68 · Road Hog · James M. Ullman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1957 75 · Home from Camp · Bob Van Scoyk · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1957 79 · Miss Phipps Goes to School [Miss Phipps] · Phyllis Bentley · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1957 98 · Stop Being a Sucker · G. C. Edmondson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1957

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#128, February 1958] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest) Partial reprint of the December 1957 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Agree—or Die [Chief Bill Duggan] · Rufus King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1957 11 · Village Tragedy [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · nv Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Nov 1931, as “Death by Drowning” 27 · Death and the Rising Star [Peter Duluth; Iris Duluth] · Patrick Quentin · ss Better Living Jun 1955 44 · Nine Hours Late on the Opening Run · Herbert Brean · nv Exciting Detective Win 1941, as “Death Buys a Ticket” by William Beggarate 60 · The Darkened Stair · Shirley Barker · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1957 75 · The Birdwatcher [Detective-Inspector Ellis McKay] · L. A. G. Strong · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1957 97 · An Old Japenese Custom · Walter J. Winn · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1957 108 · Personal Interview · Henry Slesar · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Dec 1957

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#129, March 1958] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest) Partial reprint of the January 1958 (US) issue. Details supplied by Chris Wood. 1 · Suddenly It’s Midnight · Whit Masterson · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1958 44 · Murder at the Dog Show · Mignon G. Eberhart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1958 56 · Rabbit Out of a Hat [Insp. Cockrill] · Christianna Brand · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1958; given as by Christianna Broad in the Table of Contents. 76 · Operation Cryptic [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1958; revised from “Voyage Into Illusion” (Argosy (UK), July 1957). 89 · Saint-Germain the Deathless [Dr. Sam: Johnson] · Lillian de la Torre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1958 106 · Cause of Accident · Robert P. Stewart · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1958

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#130, April 1958] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest) Partial reprint of the February 1958 (US) issue, plus a single story from the September 1948 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · When a Wife Is Murdered · George Harmon Coxe · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1958 44 · The Goldfish Button · Anthony Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Feb 1958 58 · The Searching Cats [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week Dec 2 1956, as “Cat and the Killer” 66 · Hush-a-Bye, My Baby · Anton Chekhov · ss Cook’s Wedding and Other Stories, Macmillan 1922, as “Sleepy”; translated from the Russian (“Spat khochetsya”, St. Petersburg Gazette January 25, 1888). 72 · No Parking [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Mar 18 1956, as “Terror in a Penthouse” 81 · The Lady and the Tiger · Jack Moffitt · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Sep 1948 [Frank R. Stockton]; continuation of Frank R. Stockton’s “The Lady, Or the Tiger?”. 108 · The Smell of Big Time · Paul W. Fairman · ss Black Mask Jul 1948, as “Big-Time Operator”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#131, May 1958] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest) Partial reprint of the March 1958 (US) issue, plus a single story each from the November 1954 (US) and January 1958 (US) issues. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Wife Missing [Department of Dead Ends] · Roy Vickers · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1958 24 · Dear Lady · Thomas Walsh · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1958 43 · Each Drop Guaranteed · Rufus King · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1958 55 · Some Day They Will Get Me [Jane Marple] · Agatha Christie · ss Pictorial Review Jan 1930, as “The Four Suspects” 68 · No Place to Live [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Jun 10 1956, as “The Man They All Hated” 76 · Circle of Guilt · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Mar 1958 90 · The Army of Little Ears [Chafik J. Chafik] · Charles B. Child · ss Collier’s Sep 29 1951, as “There Is a Man in Hiding” 105 · Now I Lay Me Down · Ruth Doyle · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jan 1958

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#132, June 1958] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, 112pp+, digest, cover by Waldman) Partial reprint of the April 1958 (US) issue, plus a single story from the October 1956 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Death by Invisible Hands [Dr. Gideon Fell] · Carter Dickson · ss Lilliput Aug 1957, as “King Arthur’s Chair” 17 · A Chump to Hold the Bag · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Jan 27 1940, as “Gavegan’s Choice” 30 · No Kid Stuff · Frederick Nebel · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1958 47 · The Napoleonic Clue · Victor Canning · ss The Evening Standard Aug 22 1955, as “Vacation with Violence” 52 · Is Betsey Blake Still Alive? · Robert Bloch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1958 68 · The Girl on the Beach · William O’Farrell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1958 84 · Doors in the Mind · Alan E. Nourse · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1958 102 · Wind in the Afternoon · Helen Mabry Ballard · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Apr 1958

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#133, July 1958] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest, cover by Waldman) Partial reprint of the May 1958 (US) issue, plus a single story from the September 1957 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · You Can’t Be a Little Girl All Your Life · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 24 · Demon Scientist Strikes Again! · Kem Bennett · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 33 · The $2,000,000 Defense · Harold Q. Masur · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 48 · You Gotta Be Tough [Paul Baron] · George Harmon Coxe · ss Black Mask Mar 1936 67 · The Income Tax Mystery · Michael Gilbert · ss Lilliput Oct 1957, as “Mr. Portway’s Practice” 78 · The Doctor and the Silver Plate · Margery Allingham · ss This Week Feb 27 1955, as “The Great London Jewel Robbery” 85 · The Li’l Sharpsnooper · Edwin A. Gross · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958 96 · The Devil-Dog · Jack London · ss Cosmopolitan Jun 1902, as “Diable—A Dog” 108 · The Murder-of-the-Month Club · Morris Lee Green · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1958

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#134, August 1958] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, 112pp+, digest) Partial reprint of the June 1958 (US) issue, plus a single story from the April 1954 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · The Women in His Life · Whit Masterson · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1958 48 · The Marriage Counsellor’s Marriage · C. B. Gilford · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1958 60 · Child Missing! [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss This Week Jul 8 1951, as “Kidnaped!” 67 · Girl in Danger · Thomas Walsh · ss Collier’s Oct 27 1945, as “A Girl Like Miss Henesie” 82 · Creator of Preludes · Avram Davidson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jun 1958 93 · The Flitterbat Lancers [Martin Hewitt] · Arthur Morrison · nv The Windsor Magazine Apr 1896, as “The Case of the ‘Flitterbat Lancers’”

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine (Australia) [#135, September 1958] (Consolidated Press Ltd., 2/-, digest) Partial reprint of the July 1958 (US) issue. Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · Hunting Day [Uncle George Crowder] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1958 11 · Investigation by Telegram [Hercule Poirot] · Agatha Christie · ss The Sketch May 16 1923, as “The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge” 23 · The Silent Informer [Dr. Basil Willing] · Helen McCloy · ss This Week Jan 27 1957, as “Murder Stops the Music” 35 · The Man Who Lost His Taste [Dr. Daniel Webster Coffee] · Lawrence G. Blochman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1958 49 · Dead Boys Don’t Remember [Captain M.L. Heimrich] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week May 12 1957, as “Boy Kidnaped” 57 · An Official Position · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Cosmopolitan Jul 1937 77 · Wanted: An Accomplice · Frederick Nebel · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1958 82 · Nothing Is Impossible [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Jul 1958 104 · Tea Shop Assassin [Insp. (Supt.) Hazlerigg] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard Jul 15 1955 109 · Chicago Nights’ Entertainments · Ben Hecht · ss 1923, as “Sergeant Kuzick’s Waterloo”